scout

Example Sentences

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That only taught May to scout, scheme and sweat even harder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

On Friday he became the first retired space man to visit a new scout hut in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Lakers owner Jerry Buss fired Westhead and chose West, the team’s former coach who was working as a scout, to replace him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Braff: I go, “You’re going to learn more on the tech scout than you could in film school.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

It turned out they were soldiers who worked with military scout dogs and lived on the far side of the base.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge